Saturday, 21 August 2010

Here we are leaving the car park on our way to a favourite tea room in Coggleshall last week. We will visit the tea room for coffee in my next post but first I will take you walking with me around the town.

Coggeshall, is a small attractive town once based on trade in wool and cloth, it is full of Timber-framed houses and has over 250 listed buildings

The wool trade was started by monks in the 12th Century, and the remains of the abbey, a chapel and the Grange barn can still be seen. The town was also once famous for its lace.The BBC's Lovejoy series was filmed in the areaIt is said that ley lines - energy lines linked to the earth's magnetic field - actually cross in Coggeshall, creating friction, and strange events.

Monday, 16 August 2010

Last week I was taking part in a prayer walk that encompasses the perimeter of the Borough in which I live. Day one had to be abandoned due to torrential rain for most of the day.

Day 2 we were on our way and managed to accomplish about 8 miles.

I have to say that I did not walk the following day as I was really feeling the effects of such a long walk, having not walked this distance for some time.

Tomorrow the walk continues but the weather forecast is not good.

Having had such dry and hot weather we are now experiencing lots of rain and quite cold winds. The forecasters say this will be the pattern mostly until November!!

We begin in good walking weather,warm but not hot, dry and with a light breeze. It is about 11.30 am. Before setting out we spend an hour in prayer and soaking up the Lord's presence together, ending up with communion.

We startle the deer who were lying resting

A couple of nicely placed tree trunks in this park remind us it is time for lunch

I love the sense of peace looking across this field of wheat

then over the brow of the hill and we see it is not as isolated as it seems

At this point we join the 'London Loop' for a while. This is a footpath that skirts the whole of Greater London

A ditch to cross

This horse was determined to walk with me

The view to the north of our neighbourhood

but not going home yet, I enjoy the Redwoods as we walk through a local country park

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I'm 78 years of age and enjoying life to the full. I have been a committed Christian from the age of 11. For me, Christianity is not a religion but a relationship. A relationship with God through His Son Jesus. I have been married to Alan for 57 years. We met on a Saturday, got engaged 24 hours later on the Sunday and married 4 months after that. I have 2 grown up children, Peter and Jane and became a Grandmother for the first time in July 2006. Our dear little Grandson is called Oliver. Our dear little Granddaughter Rebekah was born in April 2009. You can read more about the journey that God has taken me on in 'My Story'. Click on same under 'subject archives' below.

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Why am I doing this and how did I get into it? Well my daughter Jane www.fromunderthemaple.blogspot.com has been nagging me. Surely the wrong way round - it's Mothers who nag their daughters isn't it?

A friend from the USA E-mailed me after reading Jane's blog and said "Do you realise how much an influence you have been on your daughter - all her hobbies are the same as yours?" Well, if you have read Jane's and got to the wine and G & T bits, then I take no responsibility for that - honestly, her's and her's alone.

I gave up G & T at the age of 21 when I was sailing on a ship with my husband (AJR) who was then a Chief Engineerin the Merchant Navy (more of that in future postings). We had a party for an engineer who was leaving the ship where I drank a number of G & T's. The next morning we sailed out of a Mexican port into a gigantic swell - say no more! The wine, I can take it or leave it - mostly leave it, my drug of choice being Belgium chocolate and Italian cappuccinos.